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Centre likely to send FCRA Amendment Bill to JPC amid Opposition demand for withdrawal
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Opposition parties, however, continued to demand that the Bill be withdrawn in its present form.
The Bill came up for discussion at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha, but the government made no commitments at the meeting, despite strong Opposition objections.
Opposition demands withdrawalAccording to sources, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju raised the issue at the meeting.
Trinamool Congress deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha Sagarika Ghose echoed the demand.
The FCRA Bill in its current form is unacceptable to us.